adj
winy
Winy (adj) means tasting or smelling like wine.
adj
1
Tasting or smelling like wine.
"The sleeve-buttons were topazes, winy-yellow, lightly set in crinkly gold."
— Willa Cather, My Mortal Enemy (1926)
2
Relating to the effects of drinking wine; especially, winedrunk.
"I thought how lucky it was I had started practising birth control during the day, because in my winey state that night I would never have bothered to perform the delicate and necessary operation."
— Sylvia Plath (1963)
"This, however, did not altogether account for the winey intoxication of happiness that filled her body."
— Arthur Stringer (1924)
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English wyny; equivalent to wine plus -y.
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What is the meaning of winy?
"winy" (adj) means tasting or smelling like wine.
What is another word for winy?
Other words for "winy" include winey, vinaceous, vinous.
What are the different meanings of winy?
"winy" has 2 main meanings: 1. Tasting or smelling like wine; 2. Relating to the effects of drinking wine; especially, winedrunk.
